The Iliad
In Our Time
The Godesses Are Operating on Two Levels
In book 21, we have this stand off between the gods. They line up against each other and they mimic the war that is happening on the battle field. And it's the godesses who really drive this divine but tle forward. Took three days, we were told, or three evenings, uh to perform. Have an idea who came to listen? Because presumably they were oral for a long time. There were performances vastly um and pulls given us some idea of the size of the thing.
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